Reviews for Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy

The average rating for Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-07-07 00:00:00 Troy Heglund Peacocke presents in a few short chapters his 'naturalistic faith' - he is working hard to find common ground for theists and scientists (he is both). I found his presentation to be the best part of the book. More pages in the book are taken up by various people reacting to Peacocke's ideas. I found this less interesting, though it does show the many challenges that theists face in embracing a scientifc worldview. I'm not trained in philosophy or well versed in the controversies of the Christian West, so some of the arguments presented and people quoted are unfamiliar to me. The end of the book is Peacocke's reaction to his 'critics'. I find Peacocke's effort intriguing and worth considering, but I'm not able to say whether his ideas do much for those who already are polarized on the divide between science and religion. I think his ideas represent a possible way forward for Orthodox Christians attempting to deal with the predominate thought of scientific naturalism or materialism.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-12-28 00:00:00 Waldemar Holodniuk This book incorporates an extended essay (55 pages long) "A Naturalistic Christian Faith for the Twenty-First Century: An Essay in Interpreation" by distinguished British biochemist-theologian Arthur Peacocke. This is followed by no less than 10 essays in response to Peacocke's article. The topic is certainly timely, particularly in light of the recent attacks on religion by the likes of Dawkins, Harris and Hitchens. The treatment is certainly scholarly and authoritative -- an excellent cast of characters is involved in assembling this book. My only criticism is that I found most of the text rather dry -- in spite of the very scholarly treatment, somebody forgot to make it interesting. Can't these distinguished authors make modern religion and theology more exciting and readable? I just hope that some other authors are able to distill the basic ideas of modern religious naturalism into a theologically coherent but nonetheless vital philosophy of life. This has yet to be done.